Fiber

And when ATT brings in Fiber and slowly starts pulling all that Copper- you will be forced back to ATT. ATT does NOT have to share their fiber and companies like Sonic are doing a way of the horse and buggy.

ATT has done this to several areas already but won't be mentioned here on DSLR as nobody will run the story.

Currently, there are hearings about whether or not to allow the refrigerator remote terminals on the sidewalk right of way.

Many areas of SF have buried gas, electric and telephone lines, so AT&T is asking for more sidewalk space than requested by other utilities. In my area, telephone and electricity have their below-ground vaults in the sidewalk right of way.

Secondly, who's to say if AT&T will sell off their copper from the Central office to another CLEC?

ATT won't sell that copper. They'll take it down. Why would you sell your network to another company to turn around and compete against them? You don't do that. You take it down when you're new network is built. You didn't see cable doing that when they rebuilt to HFC and you won't see a Telco do that either.

And as far as the VARDs they can be plopped anywhere within the ROW and the city can't do anything. And if need be; ATT will go to the state and get the job done that way as they have in most states they do business in and i'm sure Cali is one of them.

And the FCC says that the privilege goes away. Just because you pay now doesn't mean you'll pay later. Meaning it goes away.

The copper can't just "go away". The FCC would need to rule that there was adequate competition, which in two recent proceedings they declined to do.

To further bolster competition, the state of CA passed AB 1315 last year, which states in part that:

This bill would provide that if an incumbent local exchangecarrier files a forbearance petition with the FCC requesting that theFCC forbear from enforcing that carrier's duty to provide to anyrequesting telecommunications carrier nondiscriminatory access tonetwork elements on an unbundled basis at any technically feasiblepoint on rates, terms, and conditions that are just, reasonable, andnondiscriminatory, within any metropolitan statistical area locatedin the state, the PUC would be required to participate in thatforbearance proceeding by filing comments on the petition, providingdata on competition in the metropolitan statistical area that is thesubject of the petition, and taking any other action that advancesthe state's policies promoting competition in telecommunicationsmarkets.